Posted by King Vultan on September 5, 2004, at 10:41:07
In reply to Social Anxiety help pleeeeaase!, posted by Jasmine on September 4, 2004, at 13:08:20
The best ones for me have been Nardil and the tricyclics. Enhancing norepinephrine transmission seems to very helpful in my case as far as increasing self confidence, but increasing NE can also raise general anxiety. I would suggest considering desipramine, which has a low incidence of weight gain (I found it to be a powerful appetite suppressant, YMMV), perhaps combined with Klonopin. If your pdoc is not crazy about desipramine, Strattera has a fairly similar pharmacologic profile but is more expensive. The Cymbalta + Klonopin suggestion might also be a good one. I also found the SSRIs and Effexor to not really address my fundamental problem, but I am hoping Parnate works out better for me than it did for you.
Todd
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